Parts cleaning

Parts cleaning

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chris52

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1,560 posts

184 months

Sunday 16th November 2014
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In preparation for the Vixen restoration I decided to invest in an ultrasonic cleaner. It was £229 delivered from ebay it is 20 litres so you can fit in quite a few parts. All these parts had been sitting round the garage for the last 15 years.
I think the results speak for themselves all I did was put them in with a solution for parts cleaning and wiped them dry when finished

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The carb still needs a few more goes through the cleaner but overall very happy with the results.
Chris





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Sonus

292 posts

184 months

Sunday 16th November 2014
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That's nice. I've used a chemical solution called strip all. It removes rust very well, but also desolves softer metals. Would you have a link to the ebay listing for your cleaner?

chris52

Original Poster:

1,560 posts

184 months

Sunday 16th November 2014
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The good part about these is there are no harsh chemicals. The item number is 261297414331 if you stick that in the eBay search you then have options for size etc mine is the 20l analogue with standard basket.
It really does do a good job but won't bring things up to a shine if they are heavily oxidised. But for general cleaning that are great.
Chris

pelsen

12 posts

226 months

Monday 17th November 2014
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Sonus said:
That's nice. I've used a chemical solution called strip all. It removes rust very well, but also desolves softer metals. Would you have a link to the ebay listing for your cleaner?
The StripAll is just caustic soda, you can by the same stuff for less without the StripAll label.

I have a 10liter ultrasonic cleaner, this cleaning detergent works very well: http://brulin.com/productdetails.aspx?pid=118&...

62GRANTIII

199 posts

194 months

Monday 17th November 2014
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Looks Great Chris ... !!
My trucks out on loan at mo, when I get it back, will fetch a few basket loads round !!!!
Cheers Ian

chris52

Original Poster:

1,560 posts

184 months

Monday 17th November 2014
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62GRANTIII said:
Looks Great Chris ... !!
My trucks out on loan at mo, when I get it back, will fetch a few basket loads round !!!!
Cheers Ian
No problem at all Ian.

Chris

Dollyman1850

6,318 posts

251 months

Monday 17th November 2014
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Extremely impressed with those results.
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GPW41

150 posts

144 months

Tuesday 18th November 2014
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Me too.

I was considering getting a sandblaster to have a play around with, but this looks like a more useful toy.... smile

Dave